The CRTC has issued a revised policy framework for local and community television, following a lengthy written proceeding and oral public hearing beginning in mid-2015, which The Spotlight covered here.

In one of the CRTC's Let's Talk TV policy rulings, the CRTC determined to take a "big picture" view of the infrastructure of government support and private investment in the Canadian broadcasting sector.

It was with much fanfare in the Fall of 2013 that Rogers scooped the NHL's Canadian national broadcast rights from Bell Media, for the tidy sum of $5.2 billion over 12 years (starting in the 2014-15 NHL season).

On the "deja vu all over again" front, recent developments relating to online television content in Canada have stirred up memories of the good old days of "grey market" and "black market" satellite dishes.

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